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Abstracts of Presentations, Twenty-Second Annual Meeting, The American Society of Primatologists

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 155 KB
Volume: 49
Category: Article
ISSN: 0275-2565
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1999)49:1<55::aid-ajp4>3.0.co;2-g

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Sulawesi could be called a Galapagos Island for the study of macaque speciation; with at least five species in an area about half that of California, this amounts to around 30% of macaque species in only 2% of the geographical range for the genus. There is also a very high number of other endemic mammals, both large and small, including tarsiers. Pursuant to the study of a newly recognized species of macaque, we are working on the development of community-based ecotourism on the distal central peninsula of Sulawesi, in conjunction with the rescue, movement, and data collection from crop-raiding monkeys threatened with extirpation. Despite a fauna of non-volant mammals that is 97% endemic, the people of Sulawesi are largely ignorant of the significance of their islands biogeography. There are no zoos closer than Java; they see these animals only as unhealthy pets, or food. At a fish-farm and picnic area we have begun to develop ecotourism for the local people of Luwuk and elsewhere in Central Sulawesi by provisioning monkeys. Owner Bapak Rusdam is so enthusiastic that he requested a camera for documentation. With an adjacent area of about 100 ha of mature mangrove and of lowland rain forest, regenerating from coconut and other exploitation, this has the potential of being a center of environmental education and economic development for the local government.

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